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Wu Fei"s Music Daily

An original piece of music every weekday from genre-bending composer, guzheng virtuoso, and vocalist Wu Fei. Concerts & tour info on www.wufeimusic.com wufeimusic.substack.com

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5:53

#709 — Tritone cups 田三彩

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/01/06

This 3-track guzheng piece was created and recorded yesterday after I saw these golden fungi in the forest. They are called Neofavolus alveolaris. It is a species of polypore fungus in the family Polyporaceae. According to Wikipedia, it is widely distributed in the temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Its kidney- or fan-shaped fruit bodies measure 1–8 cm (0.4–3.1 in) in diameter. Initially reddish, they become cream to white when dry. The pores on the cap underside are angular to hexagonal

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4:22

#706 — Ciao, 2022

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/12/16

Dear all,I am excited to share this piece that I composed and recorded on multitrack guzheng yesterday. I will be flying to Washington D.C. to play my last concert of 2022 when you receive this newsletter. The concert will be held at The National Gallery of Art, West Garden Court at 3pm EST on December 18, 2022. Concert info is here. After this concert, I will be traveling to New Zealand to be with my family over there for the holidays, so this track is my last newsletter of 2022. Starting from

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4:31

#702 — This genius is accepted 无限雪梅

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/12/12

This multitrack guzheng etude was composed and recorded yesterday by me. I was inspired by the pink snowberry (photo below) I encountered in the forest while hiking two days ago. According to Wikipedia, snowberry is a resilient plant able to withstand a variety of conditions. Snowberry plants are most commonly found in forests, dry or moist openings, rocky hillsides or near riverbanks and streams. They have been known to grow in a variety of soil types such as light sandy soil, medium loamy soil and

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11:51

#701 — The things in between blue and green 蓝绿之间

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/12/09

I am excited to share a podcast interview I did with CapRadio host Majel Connery. It is the most in-depth interview I have ever done talking about my life, childhood, drive and determination needed to succeed as a woman in the classical music industry. It is an honor for me to be featured on this new NPR series with five amazing women composers — Sarah Kirkland Snider, Nathalie Joachim, Angelica Negron, Inti Figgis-vizueta and Sarah Cahill. You can listen to my episode + all the episodes on:*

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7:46

#697 — Three minutes, three days, three weeks 岩石的传说

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/12/05

This solo guzheng improvisation was recorded yesterday. After a very dry year in Nashville, the creek had water again after a whole night of rain (photo below). I wish it would rain much longer so the creek would be full enough to have water falls back. I miss the sound of water falls. It is calming and cleansing my dear drums and brain. Later in the day, I learned that without air, humans would survive for three minutes; without water, humans would survive for three days; without food, humans would

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5:19

#696 — A stamp on the wall 墙上的邮票

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/12/02

Happy Friday everyone! I composed and recorded this multitrack guzheng piece yesterday, inspired by this moment when I gazed at a window from my home. I said to myself if my home was an envelope, this sight would make a perfect stamp. Hope it brings you a moment of energy into your weekend! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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8:33

#692 — Thanksgiving 2022 感恩二零二二

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/11/28

This solo guzheng improvisation was recorded yesterday. I was thinking about the people who have been protesting on the streets all over China against the zero Covid lockdown during my thanksgiving weekend in my peaceful west Nashville home. It has been a heart breaking weekend as I could not ignore what was happening to my birth city and country. As the world has been returning to normal, I have been following closely to the zero covid situation in China. Many of my relatives and friends have been

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5:09

#691 — Zollverein chimney 无烟的烟囱

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/11/24

Happy thanksgiving to you all who celebrate this holiday! Wish you a peaceful long weekend with friends and family if you are with them. I will return to my daily post next Monday. This guzheng piece was created and recorded yesterday when I thought of the time I spent in Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage site in Essen, Germany earlier this month. The giant chimney was quite amazing to look up from the bottom. I wanted to climb it :) Humans create things for humans to stretch their limit, don’t we?

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6:27

#688 — Lights of Gent 根特霓虹

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/11/21

I had a lovely time playing a concert in Gent, Belgium two weeks ago. The city was as fascinating as I remember when I played there in 2009. I felt like I was in a fairy tale world again surrounded by castles and dreamy lights. The lights (photo below) were from the dinner I had at Ha Concerts where I played later that night. This guzheng etude was composed and recorded yesterday inspired by the lights from that night. Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic

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4:14

#687 — Twin ice 霜棒儿

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/11/18

The hills of Bellevue in west Nashville were covered by frost flowers this morning (photo below). A frost flower or ice flower is formed when thin layers of ice are extruded from long-stemmed plants in autumn or early winter. The thin layers of ice are often formed into exquisite patterns that curl into "petals" that resemble flowers. Once again, I was amazed by the magic of nature. How can I not be in love with our earth even if when it is freezing cold! This guzheng waltz was composed and recorded

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8:03

#684 — Guzheng night song 41 古筝夜曲四十一号

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/11/15

Dear all, I have returned home in Nashville from a wonderful 2-week tour in Europe and Midwest U.S.A.. It has been a non-stop traveling on planes, taxis, trains, bus, touring van etc.. I got to see old friends in Germany and Belgium. I made new friends in Chicago and Des Moines. How grateful I am for my family being loving and supportive of me so I get to play music all over the world! Hope this night song brings you peace and relaxation. Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram

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8:48

#683 — Triple the tremble 三颤三抖

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/28

Dear all,Hope you are enjoying a wonderful fall or spring season! I recorded this improvisation yesterday from my home studio in the sunny Nashville, Tennessee. In contrast, I was thinking about some of the music I knew that was created during war time inspired by a conversation with a dear friend recently. As my departure to Europe approaching, I would like to share the a few concert dates I have in the next two weeks if you and/or your friends are near any of these cities. Europe:* Germany

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4:32

#679 — Guzheng night song 40 古筝夜曲第四十号

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/24

Friends in Essen, Germany & Ghent, Belgium,I’m excited head your way soon in early November to record new music/play with:- Fred Frith 🇬🇧 - Susana Santos Silva (trumpet 🇵🇹)- Anantha Krishnan (mridangam, tabla 🇮🇳)- Marque Gilmore (drums, electronics 🇸🇪)Concert info (🇩🇪) :https://www.zollverein.de/kalender/fred-frith-friends-clearing-customsEnglish translation:Concert as part of the festival NOW! "Horizons" After 2007, the English composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith and

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5:47

#678 — Chasing rubab 追逐热瓦普

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/21

Yesterday, a dear friend brought me a gorgeous instrument called Rubab (photo below). It was shipped from Afghanistan to the U.S. a few weeks ago. It bitter-sweet so see such a treasure leaving its homeland,. However, it was hidden by a music maker to escape the chaotic and unpredictable future. I fell in love with the instrument and wrote this piece on guzheng inspired by rubab’ s beauty and history. Thanks to my dear friend who will be taking great care of it. The rubab is one of the national

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5:03

#674 — Guzheng night song 39 古筝夜曲第三十九号

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/14

This solo night song was created and recorded yesterday. After a few busy days looking after family members, I needed a calm tune to retune myself into the weekend. If you or your friends are in/around Oxford, Mississippi area on Saturday evening, I am giving a solo concert + Q A at Water Valley. You can find more details here. Thanks to Becca Finley for putting the show together. Becca is the co-producer of a PBS TV series called Ear to the Common Ground, along with producer Todd Mayo (Underground

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4:52

#673 — Turkey tail 火鸡蘑

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/13

There have been a lot of turkey tail mushrooms in the forest of west Nashville (photo below). Turkey tail is a common polypore mushroom found throughout the world. Meaning 'of several colors', versicolor reliably describes this fungus that displays a variety of colors. For example, because its shape and multiple colors are similar to those of a wild turkey. I decided to create / record this vocal and guzheng multitrack piece after being fascinated by these colorful fungi! Recording vocal multitrack

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#670 — Guzheng night song 38 古筝夜曲第三十八号

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/10

This solo guzheng piece was created and recorded yesterday, inspired by a little hover fly (photo below) that hung out with me while I worked out on my back porch.According to Wikipedia:“Hover flies (aka flower flies or syrphid flies) are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and

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5:53

#669 — Photon étude 1 光子练习曲一号

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/07

Inspired by quantum mechanics, I composed this multitrack guzheng piece yesterday. Yesterday, I read an article - Pioneering Quantum Physicists Win Nobel Prize in Physics on Quanta Magazine. As a life-long math & science fan, I found the theory and experiments of the entangled particles breathtaking. The article explains well how I hear pitches and their relations within in a whole music composition. I used pitch settings and counterpoint in music theory to relate to the relationship of the

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5:40

#665 — Chillpill etude

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/10/03

I wrote and recorded this guzheng piece yesterday. It started on a fast etude, ended on a spacey night song style. Hope it brings good energy to your Monday. Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusicA pillow from our local Publix Pharmacy. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wufeimusic.substack.com/subscribe

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4:27

#664 — Pumpkin notes 南瓜音

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2022/09/30

This guzheng multitrack composition was created and recorded yesterday. I shared the photo below with my sister-in-law who lives in New Zealand. She was surprised by how large the pumpkins were. Wish you all a beautiful weekend! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wufeimusic.substack.com/subscribe

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